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King's Ransom
Jan Beazely | Thom Lemmons

King's Ransom

9781578567782
| Paperback
WaterBrook Press | 2004
Dewey BEA
LC Classification 4634

Genre

  • Adult Fiction
  • Historical Fiction
  • Jewish Fiction
  • War Stories

Subject

  • Bulgaria
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)/ Bulgaria/ Fiction
  • Jews
  • World War II 1939-1945

Plot

The Faith to Face TyrannyFaith to Face the Third ReichTwo Stories of Undaunted CourageSet during the darkest days of World War II, King’s Ransom tells the heroic story of Tsar Boris III, King of Bulgaria, and his extraordinary efforts to save his country’s Jewish population from Hitler’s concentration camps. Aware of the price he might pay for his risks, Boris faced the Third Reich with courage and resolve, firm in his Christian convictions that would not permit him to abandon nearly 50,000 Jews. Boris, along with members of the Orthodox Church, Jewish religious leaders, and others, ultimately ensured that no Bulgarian Jews lost their lives to Hitler’s regime.Based on a True StoryHistorically accurate, Boris’s quest to save Bulgaria’s Jews is interwoven with the love story of Daria, the Jewish attendant to the Bulgarian royal family, and Dobri, a sergeant in the king’s guard. With courageous characters and passionate storytelling, King’s Ransom reveals how individuals acting on faith can change the course of history.